A
man who had gotten completely angry over some things his wife had done
which he considers obnoxious, has taken drastic measures to deal with
her.
The 18-year-old marriage between a 50-year-old husband and
businessman, Kingsley Onyenobi, and his wife, Chioma has been dissolved.
The marriage was dissolved by an Agege Customary Court in Lagos in
spite of a passionate plea by the housewife to the court to save her
union.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the estranged husband said
he bought a brand new car for her only for her to give out the car to
her church pastor on the pretext of “sowing seed”.
The court ruled that allegations of infidelity and threat to life
brought against the woman by the husband were weighty enough to warrant
the dissolution of the marriage.
The President of the court, Mr Phillip Williams, who handed down
the verdict, said he was fully convinced that the couple could no longer
live together as husband and wife.
He said, “The two of you should go your separate ways without any molestation or harassment,” he ruled.
“The court has no choice than to dissolve the union in spite of the fact that the wife still claims she loves her husband.”
The petitioner had on February 11 filed a petition against his wife, Chioma, citing lack of care, infidelity and threat to life.
The mother of two, who is also businesswoman, denied the
allegations and pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage,
saying “I still love my husband.”
She said, “Please help me to beg him, I am not ready to leave my husband because I still love him.”
Earlier, the petitioner told the court that the wife had not given him peace of mind.
He described the woman as careless and uncaring as her attitude led to the death of their set of twins.
The estranged husband said he bought a brand new car for her only
for her to give out the car to her church pastor on the pretext of
“sowing seed”.
“I injected millions of naira into her business and she could not give proper account till date; my wife is wasteful.’’
In her defence, the respondent told the court that when she went
for her church convention and the Holy Spirit told her not to go back
home with all she brought to the venue.
He said, “So, l left my car, jewellery and other things for the church.’’
She said she could not stay at home most of the time because of the
spiritual war the petitioner and his family had been waging against
her.
“My pastor advised me to leave the house for some time.”